Dwarf Fortress mods
Dwarf Fortress mod mods
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795 mod mods, most downloaded first · newest update 25 Oct 2026
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- Work Order Viewer Betaby TeVidWork Order Viewer This mod requires DFHack Description Adds an improved ui for viewing work orders. Work orders can be put into categories for easier viewing. Sadly you are only able to view the work orders in the ui not modify them. Enable Overlay To enable the overlay use the DFHack gui/control...385 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Dwarven Rites of Passageby UnapologeticPunsterMakes Dwarves become adults at 12, as it was in classic. Conflicts with any mods that alter dwarf creature.380 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Creature packby chipathingyIncludes above-ground wildlife from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Megabeasts: Lots of new, tougher dragon types. If you can kill one, their scales and bones are amazing materials Phoenix Other creatures: Lots of creatures from mythology or other fantasy settings. They are found in various savage bio...377 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Beasts of Yore - Gryphonby MarkBeasts of Yore adds legendary creatures and ancient beasts to the world. This edition introduces the Gryphon: a majestic aerial predator with the head and wings of a giant eagle and the body of a lion. Gryphons range over forests, savannas, grasslands, and mountains. They dive from the sky to sei...376 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Outdoor Crops on Embarkby iviAdds above-ground crops to the embark screen selection. Note that this will also affect dwarf civilizations, and may have effects on where dwarves decide to settle during world gen.373 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Orcsby chipathingyNOW INCLUDES PROPER GRAPHICS! I will get around to updating the thumbnail one day Includes the Orc civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Primitive barbarians who love to fight, orcs live in tribes and constantly war with their neighbours. The more fights they survive, the bigger and strong...371 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Parakeets and cockatiels no longer verminby Urist FlaccidbarrelsThis classification offended some birds I know.369 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Nathans Changes - Genesis - Cast Ironby Nathan the GrudgebearerChanges how smelting Iron and what Cast iron is in the Genesis mod, load after Genesis. Genesis changes Iron somewhat: When smelting ore, you get Cast Iron instead of Iron. You then, at a forge, Wrought the Cast Iron to make it into normal, vanilla Iron. This isn't really what Cast Iron is, Cast...368 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Lizardfolkby chipathingyIncludes the Lizardfolk civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Ancient and mysterious, Lizardfolk tribes are dedicated to maintaining the balance of the land. They will send caravans in the spring, once they have woken from their hibernation. They have many unique lizard/dinosaur-themed liv...366 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Crundles are better than Catsby Johnny OakgroveAdds Crundle children (Crundlings), makes Crundles into vermin hunters like cats and adds a little variation and flair to their in-game descriptions. - A child stage makes it possible to completely tame Crundles, your Crundlings will grow into adult Crundles after one year. - This mod adds the HU...363 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Inkling Infiltrationby SleppaThis mod adds a civilization of inklings to the world. They can be controlled in fortress mode, and will trade with the player in the summer. They also feature portraits, and can have all the hairstyles currently available to inklings, as of writing this. They can also spawn with 13 potential hai...363 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Dwarven Arrowsby PengawainTiny mod to make arrows craftable, but not bows, so that bows remain an unusual weapon, but a useable one. Allows crafting arrows out of all valid ammo materials, not just wood like in the preview.362 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- [outdated] Animal Catalogue - Canidfolk (civilization)by THE WIZARDMod that adds canidfolk to the game as a civilization (NOT the playable version). They do not override other races. They come with custom spritework and a custom language!362 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Tefnut's Better Giant Bugsby TefnutGiant insects tend to live a year then instantly die. This means its no fun to have them in your savage forts. This mod expands them to live from 5-10 years, have a 1-year hatchling stage, and have leathery eggs. Some bugs also get various forms of training.362 downloadsupdated 18 d ago
- Kynixes (Playable Race)by SleppaThis mod adds a new race of small quadruped gemstone fox creatures called kynix. They are a playable race with small equivalents of the pick, battleaxe, sword, and crossbow, since all vanilla weapons are too large for them to use. There's a few surprises I've given them, as well. I hope you enjoy...358 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- The Creation Forge - Curses & Poisonsby NevarionThe Creation Forge - Curses & Poisons Add-on for The Creation Forge. Craftable poisons. Brew / make: rotgut - nausea + fever sleeping draught - drowsiness + unconsciousness draught of paralysis - paralysis contact venom - a powder contaminant (pain / swelling / blisters) Vanilla can't coat weapon...357 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Laddersby iProcyonæWhy dig side to side when you can go straight down and and discover !!FUN!! faster? Swap your dusty stairs out for brand new ladders and Strike the Earth 60% more vertically than ever before! Description Replaces all stairs with ladder sprites whether dug, built or those in the UI. UI text is har...352 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Industry - Black Lungby Deon ☣I wanted to make lignite and bituminous coal more interesting. Right now they can be easily replaced by woodburning, so instead I introduced a risk factor and more reward. This mod introduces dangerous materials - lignite dust and bituminous coal dust. To make the material not stand out, they are...350 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- DW420's Floorsby DW420Texture replacements for the following: Stone Floors Wooden Floors Metal Floors Engraved Floors (the above mentioned plus natural stone) Paved roads. ----Changelog. 1.1 Tweaked stone texture. Looks great for surrounding 1 row engraved corridors .349 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- DFHack Pivot UI - Trade and Stocksby PepsakdoekAdds a searchable drill down style inventory UI to Dwarf Fortress trade screens, using DFHack (REQUIRES DF HACK!). Usage is you can click on the little buttons on the stock view, or on the built in Trade UI to bring it up, or you can type stockview into the dfhack console, or pivot_trade (which w...347 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- All Weapons & Armor Availableby A NickelDwarves can now craft all weapons, and create all forms of armor and clothing. No more civilizations that were able to figure out low boots, but not high boots! This mod does not fix long-standing bugs that cause some weapons to be unequippable for some dwarves due to size, see Vanilla Combat Ove...343 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Wieldable Big Weapons (bug fix)by DembeorDescription Due to a minor bug in code dwarves normally won't wield big foreign weapons even if they're physically capable of doing so. My fix tries to mitigate that by keeping weapon size unchanged, while setting dwarf maximum average size just big enough to pass wielding check. With this method...343 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dump Water Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Dump water bucket to be used within the following Civs: A Dance of Six Legs Additional Races Aeramore Age of Civilizations Boarth Age of Man Age of Man - Fantasy Races Ancient Races: Dwarves of the Deep Ancient Races: High Elven Empire Ancient Races: The Goblin Kingdom Ancie...342 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Deep Cavern Dwarvesby Infinite EyesDeep Dwarves congregate in deep caverns. They are playable babysnatchers aligned with Goblins, with many evil ethics. This is reflected in their art and religious preferences. They have tamed Troglodytes to fight in their wars. Their weapons are: Battle Axes, Whips, Flails, Large Daggers, Great A...342 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Among Us Crewmatesby SkyplayerThe whole gang of Crewmates comes to your fortress! These critters can be taken upon embarking and appear in generated worlds. While they may seem like a cheap ever-multiplying source of resources they should be kept under close scrutiny!! At any moment a Crewmate may be born with some... insidio...341 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- All Armor & Clothing Accessibleby chipathingyThis mod gives dwarf civilisations access to all armor and clothing that they could potentially have. No more missing shirts or high boots!340 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Modest Plantsby ButtonA minimalist bugfix and convenience patch for vanilla Dwarf Fortress plants. A partial port of the DF Classic "Modest Mod". ***************************** THE MODEST MOD PHILOSOPHY ***************************** "The Modest Mod is a collection of vital bugfixes and tweaks that everyone should be ab...338 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- MicroMod: Obsidian Knife/Daggersby GGBOTObsidian Daggers Allows Large Knife/Daggers to be made from obsidian by stonecrafting - IF your civilization has access to Large Daggers. Made for fun tribal cavern themed forts, blood cults, and more! This mod does not by itself add Daggers to Dwarves. My other "enable daggers" micromod or other...337 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Vanilla Race changes - Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular versionby chipathingyIncludes changes from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress to vanilla races (dwarves, elves, goblins and humans) and associated features (including new metals). Features: Races: Dwarves: Currently the only playable race. Very similar to vanilla dwarves with the following changes: Males now outnumber female...336 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Beasts of Yore - Manticoreby MarkBeasts of Yore adds legendary creatures and ancient beasts to the world. This module introduces the Manticore: a lair-dwelling semimegabeast with the body of a lion, the unsettling face of a human, and a barbed scorpion tail that injects crippling venom. Highlights: - Venomous tail sting causing...331 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Smelters Burn Waste Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Smelters Burn Waste to be used within the following Civs: A Dance of Six Legs Additional Races Aeramore Age of Civilizations Boarth Age of Man Age of Man - Fantasy Races Ancient Races: Dwarves of the Deep Ancient Races: High Elven Empire Ancient Races: The Goblin Kingdom Anc...330 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - High Elvesby chipathingyIncludes the High Elf civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Haughty and arrogant, High Elves look down their noses at the other races and bask in their perceived superiority. They have long abandoned the pursuit of magical power of terrestrial origin and have instead turned to the heavens...329 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Tamable Forgotten Beastsby LevyatonTake pitty on these poor creatures, and get a pet uninvited guest! - Non mammel based forgotten beast will need a nestbox to lay eggs, but mammels can breed normally (this is probably bugged currently, and will always default to laying eggs, even for mammels, if it is indeed bugged). - Fbs are ch...329 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Immersive Civilizations: Alternate Humans (CGE-compatible version)by PengawainThis version is only for use with Creature Graphics Extended! Non-CGE users, click here. Please feel free to leave comments, questions, feedback, or bug reports in the comments or discussions! Features This mod is a WIP. Expect content to change and new features to be introduced, either as part o...329 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Alligator Man Civby IrishChordsmake you able to play as Alligator Man in fortress mode with full custom clothes,and armor. this is my first project, and the sprite iam working on is from the base game is too small to make a significant graphic with my current skill also they eat meat... so prepare lots of meat so anyway.. enjo...326 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Underground Tree Dyesby lonewinedUnderground Tree Dyes Adds dyes to following cavern mushroom trees, corresponding to their wood colors: - Black Cap - Black Dye - Spore Tree - Teal Dye - Nether Cap - Dark Indigo Dye - Tower Cap - White Dye - Goblin Cap - Red Dye - Fungiwood - Lemon Dye - Tunnel Tube - Violet Dye - Blood Thorn -...326 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Lead Oxide Civ Patchby Catwet12This Civ Patch allows Lead oxide to be used within the following Civs: A Dance of Six Legs Additional Races Aeramore Age of Civilizations Boarth Age of Man Age of Man - Fantasy Races Ancient Races: Dwarves of the Deep Ancient Races: High Elven Empire Ancient Races: The Goblin Kingdom Ancient Race...323 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Wood Processing Workshop (Balanced)by ebnote: this is NOT compatible with the original mod. If you want to use the floorless submod with this, you can either copy the workshop graphics over and rename it to match, or you can comment below and I can do it when I have the time. Or if you have the time/inclination, you can just release a...322 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Von's Big Naturalsby SanctusarThis mod was made for fun at a request from Von, to simply Cover up and in a way Enhance the Female Giants and show the beauty of the fairer half. This mod should not have any problem working with other mods, As it simply overwrites the female giants’ and minotaur sprites with new ones. There is...322 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
- Beasts of Yore - Hippogryphby MarkBeasts of Yore adds legendary creatures and ancient beasts to the world. This module introduces the Hippogryph: a large flier with the front body of an eagle (beak, feathers, taloned forelegs) and the hindquarters of a horse with hooves. Highlights Varied feather and coat colors across head, wing...321 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Alchemy Part 1by 76561199366022161Alchemy Part 1: Applied Transmutation NOTE: All reactions are attached to the soap maker's workshop in lieu of a new workshop for the time being. "Alchemy is, at its heart, the science of magic. Like all sciences, the foundational principals of alchemy are rules that will behave predictably when...320 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Haemothearchy 2.05 BETA- An Occult Apocalypse total conversion (ASCII Graphics)by SquamousnessNOTE NOTE NOTE PLEASE READ: This update is based around the experimental Lua version of the game which is REQUIRED (for now until official release). I have spent the last month or so learning to code for real and this mod will be a testbed of those newly-grasped capabilities. New features will ge...318 downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
- Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Modular version - Halflingsby chipathingyIncludes the Halfling civilisation from Fantastic Fantasy Fortress Similar in size and appearance to human children, halflings live in quiet agrarian communities and mostly keep to themselves. They are generally self-sufficient and do not send out trade caravans. Some halflings are overcome by wa...318 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Gielinora Scape V1.03 [51.02+] (Runescape Overhaul Mod)[Abandoned FYI]by Gasper VladiNOTICE: Hiya, sorry to those who may have enjoyed this mod. I have chosen to abandoned this project due to time restraints and such. If anyone wants to work on this mod and/or work it into their mod, ask me on Discord(I am in the Kitfox discord as Fatace/Gasper). Gielinora Scape: A Runescape Over...317 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Rat Man Playableby IrishChordsPlay as a Rat Man, complete with new sprite for the Rat man to make it looks more menacing (i hope). along with clothes,armor, and wieldables new tools : minipicks and hatchet ( cus they are to small for the regular picks and axe ) hmm what else ?? i forgot.. haha try it out and let me know what...316 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Long Night Soundtrack [Updated July 19]by Virok the RedAdds soundtrack to immersify the Long Night experience, provided by CO.AG and others. The music files have been normalized to match vanilla, however feedback is welcome if the tracks are too quiet/loud. The mod is incompatible with vanilla and other soundtrack altering mods. Installation: 1. Subs...316 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Rebalance Metalsby MirazentThis modification adds to create weapons, ammunition and armor from Aluminum, Platinum, Gold and Rose Gold. I recommend to install together with More Material Item I also corrected the properties of these metals for myself, because I considered that the difference in the technological level betwe...315 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cremate Vermin Remains Reactionby GrogMasheenA custom reaction, Input = 5x vermin remains & fuel (or magma power), Output = 1x Ash, Perfomed by furnace operator at a kiln (or magma kiln). Patches & does not overwrite entity folder. Install notes>> Just add it to you load list at worldgen.309 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
795 mod mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.

